Why do you think that dance acts don’t tend to appear on TOTP?
Zoe: It's difficult for DJs to do these things because I think they feel silly. You get people like Sash!. 'Encore Un Fois' used to be played every week that I was on TOTP - I used to hate that song. He’d be standing there with a couple of decks and a keyboard and there’d be some dancers in the front who were great, but they weren’t 'Legs and Co.' Then you’ve got Steps, Take That and Spice Girls with their dances and the rest of it, and it looks really naff to have a DJ standing there or on keyboards with some bad dancers in front of them.
I think that’s the whole point of being a DJ and a producer in that you are behind the scenes. A lot of them are uncomfortable with it. Underworld are great because obviously he’ll jump up and down and sing and they’re quite physical, The Prodigy as well. I know my fella doesn’t, and they keep saying to him, "Will you do TOTP with Macy Gray?" and he’s like, "What am I going to do?"

What do you think of the miming on TOTP?

Zoe: I think it’s terrible when people mime on TOTP and I’m really excited when I see people singing live, I think it’s great when people do stuff live. There are some people who shouldn’t be allowed to mime because they’re so bad at it. I remember someone told me a great story about Oasis being on the show and Liam sulking because he wanted to sing live and they were saying look, by the time we get all the equipment in to do one song, you know, and he was "I want to do it live" and Noel just looked at him and went (pulls a face) and he shut up.

What kind of visuals would Norman want if he was to do TOTP then?
Zoe:I think with Norman it’s more that he just feels really uncomfortable standing there with decks, because it’s not how he performs. He would put the record on or he would sit there with a little computer and a little sampler and that’s not something you can perform. I think it’s different if you’ve got a guitar to play or drums to play or you are actually singing. I know he can play a few instruments but he doesn’t call himself a musician in that kind of light, and I can understand why people feel silly doing it with a load of dancers dancing round. I’d feel pretty silly.
But I think that’s why a lot of DJs make really good videos, it’s so they can be shown on TOTP instead of themselves.

What were your family and friends like when you got the TOTP gig?
Zoe: There was more fuss amongst friends and family when I did TOTP, and more people saw me do that than anything else. You know, I’d always get a call at 7.35 or something, "Oh, I liked your top", "Oh, you’ve got to meet so and so" and I suppose my parents remember watching it with me when I was a kid. I don’t think they particularly watched it themselves. Mind you my dad was probably in one of them, loitering in the background standing by the Rolling Stones with bad big hair. I see those old clips and I’m like, "that’s my Dad ", it just looks like my Dad, this big high thing, and friends’ kids, it’s like a show that everybody watches and I still watch it now. I have to flick over sometimes when I find things a bit painful. Songs, not the show obviously!